Again, It has been a while since I
have written anything. With having to keep my father's site up to date I don't usually feel very much mike doing my site too but I know we
have some new pics that I want to post.
Since the last post, my father's leukemia has come back. His oncologist didn't give him much hope. He told him he had two choices, go home or go
thru the chemo again with a very slim chance of getting a bone marrow transplant. His told my parents that his chances of getting the transplant were like winning the lottery. My parents didn't like those chances and Dad didn't want to be sick like that again if it was for nothing, so my parents made the choice to go home and they were told that Dad had, at the most, 2 weeks to live. We were stunned by this news. Plans were made for the whole family to come into town to spend as much time with Dad before he died. The kids and I were at Mom and Dad's by Thursday afternoon. Dad's sister, Aunt Carol, and her husband, Uncle Roger came
in a about an hour after the kids and I got there. Now, my kids were fighting a nasty virus but Dad said to come anyway. The kids wore masks and gave Papa Cheese (my father) a hug. then they went down to the playroom and
were more then happy to stay there.
Dad and Mom
received a few calls from a friend who is in the medical research profession and works in the bone marrow field. She told my parents that she
felt Dad had better chances then what they were told and urged him to take steps to go after the bone marrow transplant. Hospice delivered a hospital bed and oxygen. On
Friday morning I made the decision to take the kids up to my sister in law because they didn't
seem to be getting better, but worse. After I left, I found out that Mom and Dad had made the decision to go back to the hospital to start the chemo. They went in to the ER and Dad's family doctor paged the Oncologist. No could find the oncologist and so they sent Dad home. This was
discouraging to us but Dad's family doctor called and told Dad that if he was going to do this, he needed to get up to the Cleveland Clinic ASAP. The Leukemia was more aggressive this time and he was going down hill fast. I really believe that if he hadn't gone back to the hospital, he would have lasted maybe 5 - 7 days.
My Aunt and Uncle and Mother drove Dad up to the Cleveland Clinic ER. They were in the ER for a while. I guess Dad wasn't showing any signs or symptoms of the Leukemia and they were going to send him home and told him to make an appointment with the Cancer Dr. And then they did a blood test and they admitted him right away. The numbers for the blood work are on Dad's site (sjcphotos.blogspot.com) My sister and her family got a hotel room near the Clinic as well as my Aunt and Uncle and Marcus and his family. We all met in Melody's hotel room on Saturday We
had lunch together and took it in turns to visit Dad. He was very tired and would fade in and out of sleep while we were there. Dad started Chemo on Saturday night. Three days on Chemo, 5 days off. I spent most of Tuesday with Dad. He was feeling okay and we got
in a good visit.
Ed and his family have been around all week and are heading back to PA today. Marcus and his family are coming here for a visit this afternoon and evening. I don't know when they are planning on heading back.
I think I
have caught you all up on the goings on here with our family.
Just for every one's info, I tuned 30 last week. It wasn't the way I had wanted to celebrate my 30
th birthday, in fact it was downright depressing but things have turned around. I don't feel any older then I did two weeks ago but I never do feel very old.
I will post some pictures in a little while!
